Knowledge Is Essential To Freedom.

The Chief Evil Of War Is More Evil. War Is The Concentration Of All Human Crimes. Here Is Its Distinguishing, Accursed Brand. Under Its Standard Gather Violence, Malignity, Rage, Fraud, Perfidy, Rapacity, And Lust. If It Only Slew Man, It Would Do Little. It Turns Man Into A Beast Of Prey.

A Clear Thought, A Pure Affection, A Resolute Act Of A Virtuous Will, Have A Dignity Of Quite Another Kind, And Far Higher Than Accumulations Of Brick And Granite And Plaster And Stucco, However Cunningly Put Together.

No Power In Society, No Hardship In Your Condition Can Depress You, Keep You Down, In Knowledge, Power, Virtue, Influence, But By Your Own Consent.

Books Are True Levelers. They Give To All, Who Will Faithfully Use Them, The Society, The Spiritual Presence, Of The Best And Greatest Of Our Race.

Poetry Reveals To Us The Loveliness Of Nature, Brings Back The Freshness Of Youthful Feelings, Reviews The Relish Of Simple Pleasures, Keeps Unquenched The Enthusiasm Which Warmed The Springtime Of Our Being, Refines Youthful Love, Strengthens Our Interest In Human Mature, By Vivid Delineations Of Its Tenderest And Softest Feelings, And Through The Brightness Of Its Prophetic Visions, Helps Faith To Lay Hold On The Future Life.